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Baron Shafirov's Finest Hour
Author: Lev Berdnikov
Translator: Nora Favorov
:: Illustrations/Images by Yuri Reuka
Russian Life: Sep/Oct 2009
Department: Features
Page: 42 ( 9) pages
Summary: Baron Peter Shafirov was a little-known hero of Russian diplomacy who also happened to be a Jew converted to Orthodoxy. He helped guide statecraft under Peter the Great, was richly rewarded and, later, soundly vilified, his in-and-out-of-favor career reflecting the tumultuous times in which he lived.
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